At the centre of Beijing sits a place that once functioned as a city within a city. From above, the Forbidden City appears orderly and measured, enclosed by walls and surrounded by water. On the ...

Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace was the seat of power for the Ottoman Empire for nearly 400 years. A vast 700,000-square-meter walled labryinth, it was a bustling city within a city.

One of the toilets featured a granite slab with a hole in it and two stepping stones on either side. Korean Heritage Service The Donggung palace complex in present-day South Korea was once an ...